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IMPROVED GLASS-WARE MOULDS.

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To ALL WHOM I'r MAY eoN'eEnN:

` Be it known that I, ROBERT E. Hormis, ot' Oambridge, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in the Construction of Moulds for Forming Glass-llrare;

and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form' part of this specification, is a description of .my invention suiiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practiseit.

I/n moulds for forming ware of molten glass by pressure inte articles like common gobiets, for example, it has long been a desideratum to attain a way of securing the upper to the lower part ot the mould, in such a manner asfto be convenient in manipulation, simple in structure, and efficient in operation. It is to the peculiar nrrangement of parts by which I efect this desired result that my invention relates. Referring to the drawings for an example of an embodiment of my invention--v Figure 1 shows in plan an ordinary goblet mould with my improvement applied thereunto, exhibiting in two positions the parts connected with my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken inthe line s seen in iig. 1.

a is the hase-plate, having a circular flaring projection, 6, to which the two hinged lower parts c c are locked, a cavity in their lower parts corresponding in size end shape to said projection, so that when the said parts f: c are brought together on the base-plate, and the lock-pin [l is inserted in the holes in thc ears, which are fixed .on each part c c, the lower part of the mould is complete. The upper part of the mould is marked e, and is made whole, iitting, with an annular projection, a corresponding cavity made in the partsc c, as seen in iig. i?, the parts ce and the part e of the mould being formed, at the juncture of saidl parts, with inclined collars projecting from the perimeter thereof, as seen -in fig. 2 atff, sothat when these are clamped in a groove of corresponding form made in the hinged clasp g, the part e is firmly locked to the parts ce, and except by breakage cannot be separated therefrom so long as the parts of the hinged clasp are connect-ed. The hingepin h, on which the parts ce, of the mould tnrn,'serres by its upward extension for the hinge-pin ot the clasps Lgbwwhile the lock-pin c?, made a little longer than usual, passes through holes made in cars forming part of the clasps y, and unites them at the same time that it unites the parts c e. On the parts e c nre bracket-like pieces, iz', which serve to support the clasps gy when unlocked, by removal et' pin (Z, and swing outward, as seen in red lines in g. 1, preparatory to the removal of the upper part e of the mould olf from the glass which has been pressed therein. These brackets 'iz' have projections therefrom at their outer ends, which serve to chock the clasp-pieces from too great extent of movement. When this has been done the lowcrparts c c of' the monld'are swung outward, carrying with them the clasp gg, and the glass-ware is left standing on the projection b'from the base-plate, whence it is removed to be further treated and finished in well-known ways. The plunger which forced into the mould upon the molten glass operates and is operated in the usual well-known manner. Without any means for holdingl the upper to the lower part oi' the mould, saidparts would separate from each other in the operation of forming the ware, and means have been employed for the purpose of coniining the parts el' the mould together prior to my invention, so that I do not claimbroadly means for uniting thc upper and lower parts of glass-ware moulds.

I am aware that in several instances the upper sections oi' glass-moulds have been connected to the sections beneath by constructing said upper sections in halves hinged together, and provided with inclined or dove-tailed grooves fitting or corresponding to inclined or dove-tailed projections made on the lower sections. But-in my invention the upper section ot my mould is mudo whole, and not in halves hinged together, and said section is confined to the section beneath means ot' hingolclasping bands suitably vformed with reference to the formotion of the perimetcrs of the upper and lower sections at their juncture.

I claim the employment of hinged-clamping bands, constructed and nrrnnged to operate substantially as described, to hold the upper section, when made whole, of a glassware mould to lower sections thereof when made in parts. l

ROBERT E. HAINES.

Witnesses J. B. Cnosr, FRANCIS Gouw. 

